The comment period just opened for the proposal to keep grizzlies in the Northern Rockies classified as “threatened” — with ...

Under a new rule, grizzly bears would be protected by the Endangered Species Act in Washington, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

Grizzlies in Idaho, Montana, Washington and Wyoming will continue to be protected under the Endangered Species Act.

Environmentalists are applauding the much-anticipated decision from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but there is a catch.

Without the Endangered Species Act, Wyoming could establish a grizzly bear hunting season. It's unclear how many grizzlies live in the unprotected areas outside the new proposed designated region.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejected pleas from western states to remove the bears from the Endangered Species Act ...

Prior attempts to lift protections — in 2007 and 2017 — were blocked in federal court. In 2021, federal officials decided ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday denied petitions to remove Endangered Species Act protections from grizzly ...